Monday, December 2
James asked me to get some video of this weather “if it’s safe” and if that caveat isn’t a hint about what it’s like out here right now, I don’t know what would be.
It’s so hard to get images, still or video, that really communicate the feeling of a large wave bearing down on us from astern. I tried.
And then I got the deluge. Very satisfying to have caught it happening; totally shocked that it happened.
Now it’s dark and I’ve begun my first long watch of the night. We’re on pins and needles about when we’ll arrive. If tomorrow has strong winds like today, we really could arrive before dark tomorrow. We’ve talked about our approach in case it’s dark when we arrive. Either way, it looks like we’ll be sleeping together in the forepeak tomorrow night. Wow. And ha! We’ll see.
The clouds seem lighter tonight? Maybe not squalls with high winds and rain? I hope.
Tuesday, December 3
What a terrible book. I’m a fan of Iain M Banks’ SF but his literary work is harder to stomach. Some are excellent though difficult, but Song of Stone is…not.
With at least 18 more hours, I have time to finish something else short. Let’s go romance!
About to wake James for his 0600-0900 and Martinique is on the screen now without zooming out…we’re getting close!
It’s 1115 and wow, if I had a hard time resisting the urge to do the time-speed-distance calculations earlier in the trip, looking at 40 miles remaining and a sunset arrival makes it a gripping topic.
We’ll be anchoring first in the larger bay, so that reduces the distance a bit. The inner harbor might be packed full and we definitely won’t have time to toddle around looking for a gap among the anchored boats and, if there’s nothing, make it back to the first anchorage before full dark. Instead, we’ll do some chores tomorrow and then move the boat a day or two later.
We could stay out there and take a bus in, but the inner harbor (Le Marin) has a grocery store with a dinghy dock and that’s just too good an opportunity to pass up without trying.
Noon position: N 14° 25.582’ W 060° 16.335’
Distance noon to noon: 108.7 NM
Average speed: 4.54 kn
Trip distance covered: 2147.4 NM
Distance to destination: 42.6 NM
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